"Kathleen Mitchell has carried around the unwanted memory of her father abandoning her and her mother almost 30 years ago on Christmas Eve. She has always blamed her mother for that night and still refuses to celebrate Christmas in any fashion. Although she has tried to forget her past, it has not forgotten her, and in the days leading up to Christmas, a blizzard traps her in her house with two unlikely guests. The storm brings her face to face with the hurts of her past, forcing her to choose one path: letting go and grabbing hold of a life-changing forgiveness or continuing to carry her pain and bitterness with her."--P. [4] of cover